{"id":31193,"date":"2022-01-11T01:22:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T01:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/01\/11\/neighbors-say-north-korea-launched-second-missile-in-a-week\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:35:11","slug":"neighbors-say-north-korea-launched-second-missile-in-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/01\/11\/neighbors-say-north-korea-launched-second-missile-in-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbors say North Korea launched second missile in a week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 North Korea on Tuesday fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into its eastern sea, its second weapons launch in a week<\/a>, the militaries of South Korea and Japan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This month\u2019s launches follow a series of weapons tests in 2021<\/a> that underscored how North Korea continues to expand its military capabilities amid a self-imposed pandemic lockdown and deadlocked nuclear talks with the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Korea\u2019s Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea likely fired a single ballistic missile from an inland area to its eastern sea, and that the South Korean and U.S. militaries were analyzing the launch. It didn\u2019t immediately say how far the weapon flew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan\u2019s Prime Minister\u2019s Office and Defense Ministry also said the weapon was possibly a ballistic missile, but officials didn\u2019t immediately provide more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Offices of Guam Homeland Security and Civil Defense said they were monitoring the reports of the launch but that no immediate threat was assessed for Guam, a major U.S. military hub in the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The launch came six days after North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea in what it later described as a successful test of a hypersonic missile, a type of weaponry it claimed to have first tested in September<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t